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Find your next read amongst these new Australian books, hot off the press!
David Cohen
From the winner of the Russell Prize for Humour Writing. David Cohen's most wryly humorous and disturbing work of fiction yet.
A public memorial's name is changed to avoid any…
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Emily O'Grady
Feast is the story of three women connected beyond blood, and what happens when their darkest secrets are hauled into the light.
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Susan Paterson
An evocative novel of love and art, and one man’s journey to find his place in the world. Where Light Meets Water is a moving debut traversing nineteenth-century London, Melbourne…
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Rick Feneley
A tragic accident tests the strength of family ties.
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Ya Reeves
I shake my head - it's only day one. That wind is hot. I can feel the salt drying and gluing my eyebrows and lashes and gripping to the fine…
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Michael Buxton
1964 tells the story of a city lost in a world of relentless change. The year 1964 was one of transition from the certainty of the 1950s to the doubt…
Mikki Brammer
The Collected Regrets of Clover is the burst of hopefulness we need right now. A sparkling debut novel from Australian Mikki Brammer, which reminds us all to live our best…
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Andre Dao
Anam is a novel about memory and inheritance, colonialism and belonging, home and exile.
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Robert Gott
"It’s wicked and just a bit wonderful." Sue Turnbull, The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
Aisling Smith
After the Rain is a moving, exquisitely observed novel about marriage and family, dislocation, culture and belonging, from an exciting new voice in Australian literature.
Nina Wan
A big-hearted, beautifully written, utterly engaging novel about love, fear, second chances and the hardest shot in golf, from a sparkling new Australian voice.
Kim Lock
A story about stories: those we tell, those we believe and those we make into a reality, whether true, murky or not true at all.
Kylie Needham
Is it possible for one relationship to survive two ambitious artists?
Far away from the glittering lights and famous personalities of the Sydney art world she once knew, Frances now…
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Catherine de Saint Phalle
Set in both Prague and Melbourne, Call Me Marlowe captures a man’s search for his motherland in the hope of making sense of his life.
Kim E. Anderson
When two artists enter the 1943 Archibald Prize, a scandal erupts that grips not only the art world, but the nation. A poignant love story with shattering consequences, inspired by…
Jen Craig
A woman returns to Australia to clear out her father’s house, with an eye to transforming the contents into an art installation in the tradition of the revered Chinese artist…
Genevieve Novak
When do you stop starting over? The sparkling new novel from the author of No Hard Feelings. Getting over someone is not that difficult. All you have to do…
Kate Morton
The highly anticipated new novel from the worldwide bestselling author of The Clockmaker’s Daughter, a sweeping saga with a thrilling mystery at its heart tracing a shocking crime whose effects…
Amy Taylor
Rebecca meets Fleabag in a sharp and funny debut novel about dating in the internet age.
Joanna Horton
Between You and Me is a riveting portrayal of female friendship, and the frayed boundary between loyalty and desire.
Mari and Elisabeth have been at the centre of each other's…
Claire Christian
Cleo has a few things going on. Two beautiful kids and a less beautiful ex-husband, a share house arrangement with her long-term bestie Jude (complete with a third child, also…
Madelaine Lucas
A compelling and unforgettable debut novel by an acclaimed young Australian writer - a mesmerising story of desire and its complexities and a powerful reckoning with memory, loss and longing.
Toni Jordan
A perfectionist's life unravels hilariously in this family comedy from the acclaimed author of Dinner with the Schnabels
Rijn Collins
Prepare to be bewitched by Iceland and the book that has enchanted readers for decades – and imprisoned one of them.
Sally Colin-James
A beautiful, enthralling and powerfully resonant story of three women, separated by centuries, yet connected to each other through a thread of longing, a yearning for independence and a singular…
Alexis Wright
Praiseworthy is an epic set in the north of Australia, told with the richness of language and scale of imagery for which Alexis Wright has become renowned.
Dianne Yarwood
This is a story about Clare, Louisa and Chris. And sometimes Paul, and less often, Beth. It is most certainly not about frittatas (a terrible concession), and more to do…
Zoya Patel
Once a Stranger weaves through the past and present to show the bonds and disconnects between sisters, and between a mother and daughter, as the three women grapple with the…
Shirley Le
A coming-of-age tale that reveals a side of Australia so ordinary it's entirely bizarre.
Jacinta Halloran
As a family therapist, Nina is the ultimate listener. Yet this is of little use with her latest clients, the Agostinos, who have been mandated to see her after stealing…
Paul Dalgarno
An astonishingly inventive, playful, witty, poignant and deeply moving novel from one of Australia's most exciting writers.
Michael Thompson
Unforgettable, brilliant, moving, and hopeful - this magical novel leads you to the things that matter in life.
Gregory Day
When a troubled Sarah Hutchinson returns to Australia from boarding school in England and time spent in Europe, she is sent to live with her eccentric Uncle Ferny on the…
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Catherine Johns
A priest unable to contain his desires; a schoolgirl starved for affection and hoping to escape from a violent, alcoholic father - this is the story of Maggie, a vulnerable…
Ronnie Scott
The daughter of a celebrity must discover who is worthy of her devotion and who is just a fan.
Laura McPhee-Browne
Bold, dark and sensuous, Little Plum is the stunning follow-up to the award-winning debut Cherry Beach.
Saman Shad
Sparks fly in this glittering romantic comedy about love, marriage and mistaking your own identity.
Emilia Hart
A riveting debut that explores witchcraft and female intuitive powers, told over five centuries through three connected women, for fans of Kate Morton, Diane Setterfield, and Sarah Perry.
Kath O'Connor
A profoundly moving novel about two women in very different worlds, whose lives are shaped by a single fatal gene
Michael Meehan
In his remarkable new novel, award-winning Australian author Michael Meehan sensitively explores the links between generational conflict, family, and the creative act
Brooke Dunnell
The Glass House, Brooke Dunnell’s debut novel, is a stunning portrayal of family and friendship, secrets and betrayal.
Luke Rutledge
An uplifting and deeply moving gay novel by an exciting new Australian voice in commercial fiction, ideal for fans of Honeybee and Heartstopper
Ben Hobson
An Australian western set in the goldfields of Ballarat, The Death of John Lacey is a viscerally powerful story of greed, power and violence from the author of Snake Island
Graeme Simsion
A selection of short fiction accompanies this warm, funny novella by the bestselling author of the Rosie series
Genevieve Gannon
A Sydney family's picture-perfect life is upended in an unputdownable new novel from the bestselling author of The Mothers.
Alex Miller
A moving novel about storytelling, about truths, and love, from twice Miles Franklin Award winner Alex Miller.
Julie Janson
A striking novel about family and resistance from Australian Darug Burruberongal writer and playwright Julie Janson.
Yumna Kassab
The Lovers is an enchanting fable that explores the light and dark of a relationship - a love distilled down to its barest form.
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